John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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No. 3C.4 is correspondence dated 12 October 2012 from Mr. Tom Geraghty, Secretary, Public Services Committee, Irish Congress of Trade Unions re invitation to appear before the Committee of Public Accounts. That is to be noted and published. We can deal with that when we deal with the work programme later.

No. 3D is documents relating to the committee meeting of 18 October 2012. No. 3D.1 is correspondence dated 12 October 2012 from the Private Secretary to the Secretary General of the Department of Defence re providing details of allowances. That is to be noted and published. No. 3D.2 is correspondence dated 12 October 2012 from Mr. Gerry Rooney, General Secretary, PDFORRA. That is to be noted and published. No. 3D.3 is correspondence dated 17 October 2012 from Colonel Brian O'Keeffe, General Secretary, the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, re opening statement. That is to be noted and published. No. 3D.4 is correspondence received on 17 October 2012 from Mr. Michael Howard, Secretary General, Department of Defence re opening statement. That is to be noted and published. No. 3D.5 is correspondence received on 17 October 2012 from Mr. Gerry Rooney, General Secretary of Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association, PDFORRA, re opening statement. That is to be noted and published. No. 3D.6 (a-i) is correspondence received on 17 October 2012 from the Department of Defence re details of allowances paid by the Department of Defence. That is to be noted and published.

No. 4 is reports, statements and accounts received since the meeting of 11 October 2012. We did not receive any. I presume they are all up to date.

No. 5 is a work programme. The programme is now on screen and the schedule of meetings regarding the hearings. I draw members' attention to Wednesday, 31 October 2012, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Arising from correspondence received this morning, ICTU will also be invited to that meeting. Is the work programme agreed? Agreed.

On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 2 p.m. we will deal with the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the first part of that meeting, which will deal with political allowances. The second part of the meeting will involve a review of the Civil Service allowances. We will take both of those on that day. That completes our business.

We will bring in the Department of Defence representatives and the other representatives.